this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2026
193 points (98.0% liked)

Technology

87649 readers
3891 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
193
Streamer claims Microsoft “deleted” his account because it was hacked (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 1 month ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
47 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Microsoft is facing fresh criticism over its handling of user accounts after another customer claimed the company permanently deleted their Microsoft account.

Streamer Joshua Khane shared the situation on X, claiming Microsoft deleted both his account and associated OneDrive storage even after confirming he was the account’s owner and that it had been compromised.

In the post, he wrote: “Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive!!?? After acknowledging that I’m the owner of the account and that it was compromised? 25 f****** years of data, thousands of euros spent on games?? My son’s baby pictures? gone.”

He continued: “All because Microsoft couldn’t bring back a compromised account?? One of the biggest companies ever couldn’t do that, so they just deleted that s*** like it was nothing?? F****** shame on you!!”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Aceofspades@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Shame on Microsoft for being a shit company.

However, I don't recommend backing up to OneDrive, but if you must, you should encrypt on your local machine first. Also, keep a physical backup. Current situation not withstanding, external SSDs are reasonably cheap.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

external SSDs are reasonably cheap.

They're still not out of reach for most people, but the prices are crazy now. A Crucial 1TB that was $70 last August is more than double that now. That said, most people's data is worth far more than that.

[–] Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Felt this 😭😭😭

I bought 4 1TB drives way back around like 2020-2021 I think, and it was a little under $100, which I covered with an amazon giftcard. It's been running lovely in my mirror zfs raid for about half a year now. Okay well the shitty Orico drive bay has caused some overheating but otherwise the drives themselves are fine.

Now, like 1 of those drives would be about $70-80+ at cheapest...

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (6 replies)